Pirang
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Coordinates: 13 ° 16 ′ N , 16 ° 32 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | Combo East | |
| Residents: | 2754 (2013)
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Pirang (name variants: Pirang Berending , Pirang Kabong ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, around 2754 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 1703.
geography
Pirang is located in the West Coast Region , Kombo East district , around twelve kilometers east of Brikama and 57 kilometers west of Bwiam . The place is on South Bank Road between Madina Ba and Faraba Banta .
Culture
Several places of worship are known in Pirang :
- Mansa Jembereng : sacred and religious well
- Sunju Baba : sacred tree
- Mamadi Touray's burial site : religious tomb
- Mamkamang Sita : sacred and religious tree
Sons and daughters of the place
- Lamin Jabang (* 1942), politician
- Lamin MM Bojang (* around 1959), politician
- Alhassana Bojang († 2016), politician
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pirang on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ Allen Meagher (ed.): Historic sites of The Gambia. Ada Dinkiralu (Mandinka), Bereb-I-Chosan (Wolof), Tarica Tawal (Fula), Nannin (Jola), Soninke Ada (Serehuli), I-Mofan Chosan (Serer). An official guide to the monuments and sites of The Gambia. National Council for the Arts and Culture, Banjul The Gambia 1998, ISBN 9983-80-011-014 .